True, at BC West we like fishing big burly modern patterns like the Wombat, Intruder variations and Silvey’s Tube Snake. Don’t forget, though – the fish don’t know that big flies are supposed to be cool now. Classic patterns like the General Practitioner, the Dean River Lantern and the Lady Caroline still deserve a place…
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Tying Flies for Andros Bonefish
Tom Larimer was one of our attendees at Andros FIBFest 2011 a couple of weeks back. Tom’s focused mainly on steelhead as his day job, and today he draws a very interesting parallel between steelhead and bonefish in the realm of fly design. Thanks for the thoughts, Tom! Be Creative One of my favorite elements…
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Big Hooks and Marabou
We’re well into April, and you know what that means…the month of May is all that stands between us and big, chrome, early season king salmon. Big hooks and marabou can be found in abundance at Alaska West and BC West starting in mid-June. We’ve have a few openings for early season king fishing –…
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Idylwilde Flies for Chile
Michael White is back today with another fly lineup. Having spent approximately 300 million days fishing for trout around the Southern Rockies, Whitey is a good guy to listen to when it comes to advice on trout flies. After he joined us on an epic trip to Chile West, we asked him for his top…
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Tube Flies – Advanced Rigging
Today we’ve got the last in our short series about tube flies and how to rig them. It’s a master class in adding weight, combining tubes, preventing leader abrasion and more. You’ve already learned about tube fly basics, the two standard rigging methods, and rigging tandem tubes, right? OK, well tune in as Eric Neufeld…
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Idylwilde Flies for South Andros
Look, we didn’t mean to have two posts in a row about Idylwilde flies. Somehow our Minister of Propaganda and our Triple Director of Alliances got their wires crossed – these things happen! So on with today’s post… Michael White is a friend of ours. He reps Idylwilde flies to finer fly shops in the Southern Rockies….
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Silvey’s Tandem Tube – How to Rig It
Installment #3 is a very special episode in our tube fly rigging mini-series by Eric Neufeld. It’s about a fly called Silvey’s Tandem Tube that requires some special attention in order to perform its best. Brian Silvey has a series of Idylwilde tube flies – the Tandem Tube, the Tail Light, and the Tube Snake…
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What’s Your Favorite Bonefish Fly?
We’re right smack in the middle of spring bonefishing season, so we thought it was time for a little conversation about bonefish flies. We’ve told you about some of our favorite bonefish flies to use on South Andros. The beauty of bonefishing is that, in most places with low angling pressure, bonefish are not incredibly…
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Tube Flies – Two Methods for Rigging
Eric Neufeld is back today with the second in our series of four short videos about tube flies and how to rig them. Part 2 covers the two basic methods for rigging tube flies. Attaching a straight-eye hook with a clinch knot Attaching an up-eye hook with a loop knot Sorry the focus is a little…
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Tube Flies – Introduction
Today we’re starting a little mini-series of posts featuring Eric Neufeld, in video format, talking about tube flies and how to rig them. Who’s Eric Neufeld? He’s an alumnus of Alaska West, and he’s the the Pacific Northwest rep for Idylwilde, Simms and Ross, and he’s a smart dude who likes futzing around with his fly…
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